of jasper county



A. ENGLAND.

TOY SEESAW.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I, 2915.

1,144,895. I Pawnted June 29, 1915.

rHE/vuPRls PEIERS co PHOTO'LVYHO WASH/NKHUN u r ALICIA ENGLAND, 0F JASPER COUNTY, MISSOURI.

TOY SEESAW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Application filed March 1, 1915. Serial No. 11,308.

T all whom it 777 (17 (i'oa'zccrn Be it known that I, ALICIA ENGLAND, a citizen of the Ilnited States, residing at The Conqueror Trust Sub-Division, in the county of Jasper and State of l\lissouri, have invented certain new and useful Impmvements in Toy tleesaws; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to toys, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a spring actuated. see-saw toy which will be amusing and entertaining to child ren, and which will run or operate without requiring a spring motor or other means for moving the balanced teeter board.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a see-saw toy made in accordance with this invention, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, certain portions being shown in section.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a rectangular frame having corner braces 9, and extending across the top and bottom of the rectangular frame 1 are bars 3, said bars 3 being disposed substantially in the center of the frame and connected to said bars 8 and extending at right angles thereto are the vertical supports or standards 4, spaced apart, and connected to the inner side of each of said up rights 4: are pivotal members 5. A teeter board fl is provided at its opposite edges with trunnions 7, said trunnions extending into the ball bearing casings 5, and secured to the opposite edges of the teeter board 6 are suitable fastenings 8. Suitable figures a are permanently connected to the board 6 near the opposite ends thereof, and said board is exactly balanced on the trunnions 7.

Extending across the top and bottom bars of the frame 1 are boards or supports 9 and connected to the upper boards '9 are spiral springs 10, said springs depending from the hoards and provided with a bulfer 1'! in the contracted free end of the springs. The springs '10 are connected to the bottom boards 9 and are also provided with bumpers or buliers 11", said bu li'ers being formed of rubber or other suitable material, and the springs and, bullers being disposed in the path of the end of the teeter board 6.

The operation of this toy may be briefly described as follows: The teeter board is started with the finger and the end of the board. coming into contact with the buffers I1 and ll will reverse the action of the board and this operation Will continue for some time.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a toy made in accordance with this invention is simple in construction,cannot readily get out of order, and will be very amusing and can be manufactured at slight cost.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

ll hat is claimed is:

1. A. toy see-saw comprising a rectangular frame, a teeter board provided with op positely disposed trunnions, ball bearings for said trunnions, upper and lower springs connected to the frame in line with the outer ends of the see-saw board and buffers in the ends of said springs.

2. A toy see-saw comprising a centrally pivoted teeter board, springs connected to the frame in the path of the outer ends of the teeter board, and figures mounted upon the teeter board.

3. A toy sec-saw comprising a balanced teeter board having figures thereon, springs connected to the frame of the toy in the path of the outer ends of the teeter board, and buffers for said springs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALICIA ENGLAND.

lVitnesses J. Mox'rooMnRY, A. F. Gox DER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissionen of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

